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Seattle, Washington

Ye Olde Curiosity Shop

A 100-year-old purveyor of curiosities, curios, and kitsch featuring mummies, shrunken heads, and a Fiji Mermaid.

Big Bovine of the Desert

Amargosa Valley, Nevada

Big Bovine of the Desert

This enormous fiberglass cow near Death Valley National Park once graced a casino roof in Las Vegas.

World’s Tallest Uncle Sam Statue

Danbury, Connecticut

World’s Tallest Uncle Sam Statue

Star-spangled and 38 feet tall.

The original water tower and oil supply

Bishop, California

Laws Railroad Museum

The echoes of a railroad town that solemnly mark the end of the line.

The 5th floor, in 2008.

Holmdel, New Jersey

Bell Labs Holmdel Complex

The real-life ‘Severance’ office building.

The Pennine Tower.

Lancashire, England

Pennine Tower

This abandoned Brutalist tower looming over the M6 Motorway once featured a restaurant.

‘A Fine Balance’

Petaluma, California

‘A Fine Balance’

A public art installation featuring clawfoot bathtubs on stilts sparks admiration and controversy from locals.

Facade of the Cast Iron Building.

Poughkeepsie, New York

Poughkeepsie Cast Iron Building (and Its Lego Model)

A building made mostly of cast iron features a 1:45 scale lego model of its self.

Looking down Wind Tunnel.

Old Station, California

Subway Cave

A large lava tube that can be walked through with no special equipment.

Memphis Pyramid

Memphis, Tennessee

Memphis Pyramid

The 10th-tallest pyramid in the world, this former sports arena is now home to a massive Bass Pro Shops store.

An error in marble.

Washington, D.C.

Misspelling at the Lincoln Memorial

The Lincoln Memorial has inspired many, even though a word on the inscription appears to be spelled incorrectly.

Lyford's Tower with Angel Island in the background

Belvedere Tiburon, California

Lyford's Tower

Once the gateway to the utopian dream-village of a Civil War embalmer.

Marin County Civic Center.

San Rafael, California

Marin County Civic Center

Frank Lloyd Wright died a year before construction on his largest public project even began.

The Cayetano Juárez Adobe

Napa, California

The Cayetano Juárez Adobe

Napa's oldest building is now a Mexican restaurant.

"Bliss."

Sonoma, California

Location of the Microsoft Windows XP Default Wallpaper

The unedited photograph called "Bliss" has graced the screens of over a billion computers.

Point Reyes Boat

Inverness, California

Point Reyes Boat

This abandoned boat was left in place thanks to its rotting beauty.

A thick fog engulfs the Point Reyes Lighthouse.

Inverness, California

Point Reyes Lighthouse

The lighthouse central to the 1980s horror classic "The Fog" is, in fact, located in one of the foggiest areas of the Pacific Coast.

The station.

Inverness, California

KPH Maritime Radio Receiving Station

An enchanting tunnel of cypress trees leads to an old morse code station still used today.

A mural depicts a slightly different version of the Northampton bank robbery of 1876.

Northampton, Massachusetts

Northampton Bank Robbery Mural

The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles stop thieves at the site of a historic 1876 bank robbery.

The "cartalator," which brings specially designed carts up and down next to shoppers.

Albany, New York

The Largest Walmart in America

The largest Walmart Supercenter in the United States, referred to affectionately as “Mallmart,” has served the residents of Albany, New York, since 1994.

Looking up at the Highball Signal.

Delmar, Delaware

Highball Signal

This relic is one of the last survivors of the earliest eras of the American railroad.

The original Saltair

Salt Lake City, Utah

Saltair

The location along the shores of the Great Salt Lake of what was once called, "The Coney Island of the West", now sits barren due to arson and time.

"Snowshoe" Thompson...in the snow

Norden, California

"Snowshoe" Thompson Memorial Statue

A statue commemorating the heroic life of a Viking postman who was the Godfather of California skiing.

Cape Kumukahi Lighthouse in 2010.

Hawaiian Beaches, Hawaii

Cape Kumukahi

The easternmost point of Hawai'i plays a prominent role in local legends and is home to a lighthouse that survived a lava flow.

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